Cigarette package



May 20, 1941. 4 A. I... BOOTH CIGARETTE PACKAGE Filed Oct. 11, 1938 A TTORNEYS.

FFICE ll Claim.

tion by exposure.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds,

the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it.

being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the in vention.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 shows in perspective,-a cigarette package constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is an elevation;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation, a portion of the package having been removed, and there being a full number of cigarettes in the package;

Fig. 4 is a top plan of the structure shown in Fig. 3;

. Fig, 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but illustrating howthe device operates as the cigarettes are removed from the package;

Fig. 6 is a top plan of the article shown in Fig.

Fig. 7 is a section on the line l--'! of Fig. 2;

Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic top planshowing a modification.

In the drawing, the numeral I marks a receptacle, made in the usual way, and composed, as shown in Fig. 7, ofa plurality. of layers of paper, tinfoil and the like, marked by the numeral 2.

The receptacle I has a continuous line of perforations 3 defining a completely removable portioninthe package.

The line of perforations 3 is continuous and extends transversely of the top 4 of the package, as shown at 5. The line of perforations extends downwardly as shown at 5, at any desired angle with respect to the top 4 of the package, along the sides 1 of the package, and across one end 8 of the package, below the top 5 of the package, in the form of a downwardly extended v, as indicated at 9.

, Owing to the fact that the receptacle i has the continuous line of perforations above. re.- ferred to,.it will be obvious that there is formed a completely removable portion it, which may be detached by tearing it oil along the 'perfo rations.

Comparing Figs. 3 and 5, it will be notedthat, as the cigarettes are removed from the package, the cigarettes that remain in it tend to gravitatedownwardly along the parts 6 of the perforations and rest in the V of part 9. Figures 5 and 6 indicate that, owing to the construction above referred to, one cigarette is always presented prominently for withdrawal, that cigarette being located in the lowermost part of the V 9. As fast as the cigarettes are removed from the bottom of the V, other cigarettes slide downwardly toward the lowermost portion of the V, to replace the cigarette that has beenremoved.

If desired, the receptacle may be enclosed within the usual covering l2, made of Cellophane or the like. I

The perforating can be done in the constituent material of the package, before the package is put together, there being no additional expense to the manufacturer other than for the necessary perforating machine.

having a continuous line of perforations defining. a completely removable portion in the recep-.

The device is simple in construction. The removable section Ill is readily detached, and there are no hinge portions leaving a connected and cumbersome closure part, there being no occasion for such a closure part, since the cigarettes are used up so promptly that a closing of the package is not necessary.

In Fig. 8-, parts hereinbefore described the sufiix a. In this form, the portion 5a of the perforations is located closer to the surface.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is: I

A cigarette package comprising a receptacle tacle, theline of perforations extending transversely-of the top of the receptacle, along the sides of the receptacle. in downwardly slanting lines, and across one completely clos'edend of ,the receptacle, below the top of the receptacle,

in the form of a downwardly extending V, the

edges. of which extend upwardly to the lowe ends of said downwardly slanting lines.

ARLIE L. BOOTH.-

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